Species, Concept, and Thing: Theories of Signification in the Second Half of the Thirteenth Century
Species, Concept, and Thing: Theories of Signification in the Second Half of the Thirteenth Century Pini, Giorgio (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa) Medieval Philosophy…
Malalas, The Secret History, and Justinian’s Propaganda
The hostile description of the Emperor Justinian I in Procopius’ Secret History is well known. The bland but generally favorable account of the same Emperor in the eighteenth and final book of Malalas’ Chronographia has received rather less attention.
Burial Rite at a Churchyard Cemetery from the 11th-15th Centuries in Krásno in the Context of Contemporary Cemeteries in Slovakia
Burial Rite at a Churchyard Cemetery from the 11th-15th Centuries in Krásno in the Context of Contemporary Cemeteries in Slovakia By Stanislava Gogova…
Pilgrimage and Towns in Medieval Christianity
Christian pilgrimage was important for medieval towns and cultures. ‘Pilgrimage’ means visiting religious places where certain meaningful and important events happened, to entreat supernatural help and also keep religious responsibilities.
Exeter Cathedral awarded £45,800
Plans to transform opportunities for education and research at Exeter Cathedral received a boost last week, thanks to a £45,800 award from the…
Students receive $50 000 to create Virtual Joust game
Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s (WPI) Interactive Media and Game Development program and Higgins Armory Museum have won a highly competitive $50,000 Digital Humanities Start-Up…
Philosophy according to Giles of Rome, De partibus philosophiae essentialibus
Philosophy according to Giles of Rome, De partibus philosophiae essentialibus Olszewski, Mikołaj (Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii PAN) Medieval Philosophy and Theology 7 (1998)…
Fighting for the Cross: Crusading to the Holy Land
Fighting for the Cross: Crusading to the Holy Land By Norman Housley Yale University Press, 2008 ISBN: 9780300118889 Publisher’s Synopsis: In a series of…
Phylogenetics of medieval manuscripts
Phylogenetics of medieval manuscripts Lecture by Christopher Howe Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge Given on December 17, 2007 Length: 35 minutes There…
Mystic Mythopoiesis of Pre-Islamic Arabic Odes
Mystic Mythopoiesis of Pre-Islamic Arabic Odes By Dalia Urbonaitė Acta Orientalia Vilnensia, Vol. 6:2 (2005) Abstract: Qaùīdas, the Pre-Islamic Arabic odes, were for…
Carolingian
Articles about Charlemagne, his heirs, and the Carolingian empire Security and insecurity of identity and status in the Frankish elite, by Stuart Airlie…
Book Review: Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades 1000 – 1300
Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades 1000 – 1300 By John France UCL Press, 1999 Review by Dana Cushing University of…
Book Review: The Military Revolution Debate
The Military Revolution Debate Edited by Clifford Rogers (Westview Press, 1995) Reviewed by Dana Cushing University of Toronto The idea of a ‘military…
Book Reviews: Arms, Armies and Fortifications in the Hundred Years War and The Circle of War in the Middle Ages
Arms, Armies and Fortifications in the Hundred Years War Edited by Curry and Hughes (Boydell, 1999) The Circle of War in the Middle…
The Inheritance of Rome: A History of Europe from 400 to 1000
The Inheritance of Rome: A History of Europe from 400 to 1000 By Chris Wickham Allen Lane, 2009 ISBN: 978-0713994292 Publisher’s Synopsis: The idea…
What is Medieval Military History and Why Does it Matter?
What is Medieval Military History and Why Does it Matter? is a lecture delivered by Professor John France of the University of Wales-Swansea during…
Coming of Age and the Family In Medieval England
When and how did children become adults in medieval society?
From Prostitutes to Brides of Christ: The Avignonese Repenties in the Late Middle Ages
From Prostitutes to Brides of Christ: The Avignonese Repenties in the Late Middle Ages By Joëlle Rollo-Koster Journal of Medieval and Early Modern…
The iconographic evidence for maritime activities in the Middle Ages
The iconographic evidence for maritime activities in the Middle Ages By Joe C. Flatman Current Science, Vol.86:9-10 (2004) Abstract: The analysis of maritime…
Invisible Women
Invisible Women By Ruth Mazo Karras Medieval Feminist Forum, Vol. 39 (2005) Introduction: Medieval recordkeepers wrote down the information they heeded for their own…
The Spectacle of the Scaffolding: Rape and the Violent Foundations of Medieval Theatre Studies
The Spectacle of the Scaffolding: Rape and the Violent Foundations of Medieval Theatre Studies By Jody Enders Theatre Journal, Vol.56 (2004) Introduction: Mrs.…
Oxford Centre for Asian Archaeology, Art and Culture officially opens
Oxford University has launch a new centre to study the archaeological and cultural heritage of Asia. The Oxford Centre for Asian Archaeology, Art…
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Thank you so much for purchasing this bundle. Click on the links below to download the PDF files of all five issues: Issue…
Anglo-Saxon Leper Hospital discovered in Winchester
The University of Winchester’s archaeological excavations at St Mary Magdalen, on the outskirts of Winchester, have revealed evidence for what may be Britain’s…
The Codex Manesse and the Discovery of Love at Heidelberg University
It was in the Hohenstaufen era that European literature turned its attention to the subject of courtly love, thus sparking off one of…